Mobile Pool Table?

Randy9Ball

Randy9Ball

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Hey Everyone!

A guy on my pool team has a 4 1/2 x 9 foot table that is a gold crown knock off. He has the table in a two car garage and needs to be able to move it to one side in order to get his fiancee's car in the garage. It's either come up with a solution for moving the table or sell it and he doesn't want to sell it. The only thing I can come up with is a torsion box made out of 2x4's and plywood with locking castors made a little larger than the footprint of each leg (which consists of the two legs on each end). Think mobile base like those used on table saws etc. Thing is that may raise the table too high. Has anyone had this situation come up before? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Randy
 
Randy9Ball said:
Hey Everyone!

A guy on my pool team has a 4 1/2 x 9 foot table that is a gold crown knock off. He has the table in a two car garage and needs to be able to move it to one side in order to get his fiancee's car in the garage. It's either come up with a solution for moving the table or sell it and he doesn't want to sell it. The only thing I can come up with is a torsion box made out of 2x4's and plywood with locking castors made a little larger than the footprint of each leg (which consists of the two legs on each end). Think mobile base like those used on table saws etc. Thing is that may raise the table too high. Has anyone had this situation come up before? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Randy
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Randy, one solution I can think of comes from model railroading. Many people have huge layouts which leave little room for cars in a garage, thier solution is to suspend the layout to the ceiling when it's not in use.

Sorry I couldn't find better pictures for you but this guy uses pullies to suspend his layout in the garage so that cars can park underneath.

http://www.model-railroad-infoguy.com/suspended-layout.html

@ the77club.... Getting rid of the fiance may take the least amount of effort but it's taking the easy way out. Women require creative solutions to stubborn demands, as men we should rise to the challange just like giving a big spot to a slightly less talented player and out running the spread.
 
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Randy9Ball said:
Hey Everyone!

A guy on my pool team has a 4 1/2 x 9 foot table that is a gold crown knock off. He has the table in a two car garage and needs to be able to move it to one side in order to get his fiancee's car in the garage. It's either come up with a solution for moving the table or sell it and he doesn't want to sell it. The only thing I can come up with is a torsion box made out of 2x4's and plywood with locking castors made a little larger than the footprint of each leg (which consists of the two legs on each end). Think mobile base like those used on table saws etc. Thing is that may raise the table too high. Has anyone had this situation come up before? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Randy
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If that's what your friend really wants to do...is move the table all the time from side to side to allow for a car to park in the garage and there's no other option, it can be done.

Find 4 steel non-swivel caster wheels with flat plates on the top. Find 4 threaded bolts that can be mounted through the top plates of the caster wheel frames that match the thread of the foot leveler into the threaded insert in the base of the leg pedestal.

Take off the leg levelers and replace them with the caster wheels and thread them up to the point that the table would be at close to the same level of the table with the factory leg levelers. Then you'll have a movable table without having to design anything else.

Glen
 
@ the77club.... Getting rid of the fiance may take the least amount of effort but it's taking the easy way out. Women require creative solutions to stubborn demands, as men we should rise to the challange just like giving a big spot to a slightly less talented player and out running the spread

whatever.
 
The solution at my house... her car stays outside.

My Harleys and Diamond table stay inside. :thumbup2:
 
I have 2 9 foot GC at my Jr. High and I have to move them twice a week. I bought 2 Hydraulic car jacks at sears for $29.00 each, I had 2 flat pieces of steel that fit it the bottom of the legs 1/4 x 2 x 29 (I think). I welded a piece of pipe that fit over the jack head in the center of the flat. (about 3/8 inches tall), keeps it centered...
use a permanent marker to draw a circle around the feet (saves re leveling)..
Jack the table up just enough to raise the feet off the floor and (both jack handles facing the same direction). I can push the tables by my self but 2 people is better.
Hope this helps
Mark
 
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